Updated version 2 - The EU vote on Tesla's "Supervised Full Self-Driving" system has been postponed

Added Musk's response in the sixth paragraph

Marie Mannes

Reuters Stockholm, September 25 - According to an agenda published on the official EU website, the European Union had originally scheduled a vote in October on whether to allow Tesla's "supervised Full Self-Driving" system to be used throughout the EU, but this has now been postponed, and the next opportunity for a decision seems to be after December.

• The Dutch regulator RDW approved the system in April (link), followed by approvals from Belgium (link) and a few other (link) countries

• RDW also proposed approving the software across the EU

• On September 1, Tesla stated in a post on X platform that the EU-wide vote (link) could take place on October 6

• However, the agenda for the October 6 meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV)—which brings together representatives from EU member states and the European Commission—only listed "continued discussion" of the Dutch request for authorization under Article 39, with 25 minutes allocated for the discussion

• The Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW) told Reuters that it would not speculate on the discussion, the vote, or any potential results.

• Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. In response to a post on X about the postponement of the vote (link), CEO Elon Musk replied: "Sigh"

• The committee had previously discussed Tesla’s application in two meetings. According to the current agenda, the next TCMV meeting after October is scheduled for December, which appears to be the earliest opportunity for a vote

• In order to roll out this feature across the entire EU, it requires the support of a “qualified majority” of 15 out of 27 EU member states (representing 65% of the EU’s total population)

• Several EU countries, including Sweden (link), have expressed concerns over FSD speeding issues, while countries that have approved the system say drivers are still responsible for complying with traffic laws

• The committee had previously approved Ford’s F.N BlueCruise driving assistance system in March 2024 (link), with Germany being the country that initiated the proposal

• Tesla claims approval of FSD is key to boosting its sales in Europe, as the company attempts to regain market share amid intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers

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